The Islands That Once Were Turtles

The Islands That Once Were Turtles

Also called	The Turtles
Release date	10 October 2016 (Update)
Sea	Eastern Sea
Kingdom(s)	Eastern Lands
Members	Yes
No. of banks	None
No. of altars	None
No. of obelisks	None
Teleportation	Islands That Once Were Turtles teleport
Guilds	None
Music
Inhabitants

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The Islands That Once Were Turtles are a group of three islands in The Arc region of the Wushanko Isles.

Getting thereEdit

• Players can travel to The Islands That Once Were Turtles by talking to Quartermaster Gully located in Port Sarim, or Menaphos, after the player has completed the quest Impressing the Locals.

Notable featuresEdit

• Tortle portals form a teleport system between the islands, which are designated as the fort (first island), the divine energy merchant (second island), and the divination colony (third island). The portals require level 90 Divination to activate, and 50 ancestral energies.
• A dead moai with both positive and negative energy springs is on the third island.
• The second island has the divine energy merchant, who buys negative, positive and ancestral energies.
• 5 mushroom clusters are found throughout the islands.
  • Sole source of wushroom, lactarius, paraspore, purple bellow, and the rare toastool.
• Titchy Tinamou birds appear on Fridays on the first island, up on the western beach.
• Three messages in bottles can be found only on certain days, in a rotation schedule; see castaways for the current appearance dates.
  • The message in a bottle to find the island of Eisetes Cretor is on the first island at the far north end.
  • The message in a bottle to find the island of The Hamlet is on second island, by the tortle portal to the third island.
  • The message in a bottle to find the island of Quis-land is on the third island, on the western beach underneath the south-western rocks. Only the tip of the bottle can be seen under the rocks, looking from the beach side.

PersonalitiesEdit

• Halia

Music unlockedEdit

• Tortle Power

Player-owned ports voyagesEdit

The Islands That Once Were Turtles are three largely uninhabited islands in The Arc. Legend says they were once giant turtles that were somehow turned to stone.

• In the voyage First Contact, the player may make contact with a well connected trader on a ship docked north of the Islands That Once Were Turtles.
• In High Spirits, the player may be called upon to explore the forest covering the Islands That Once Were Turtles in search of resources. They are told to beware the old spirits that are said to haunt it.
• In A Friend Indeed, the player may befriend an influential trader who operates from the Islands That Once Were Turtles.
• In X Marks the Spot, a useful contact may find rich resources on the Islands That Once Were Turtles.

TriviaEdit

• Faux "islands" which are actually on the backs of giant turtles are a cross-cultural archetype, dating back to the Mayans, the Greeks, and Native American mythology. More recently, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask included a Giant Turtle that looks like an island.
• When charging the Tortle Portal the game chat says "Reticulating shrines", a reference to the loading screens of The Sims game series which say "reticulating splines".
• The examine text of the watch towers off the coast of the first island are references to the Jimi Hendrix song All Along the Watchtower.

v • d • e The Islands That Once Were Turtles
NPCs	Halia (divine merchant)
Items	Islands That Once Were Turtles teleport
Shops	Power of the Ancestors
Music	Tortle Power
Scenery	Tortle portal Dead moai

v • d • e The Arc
Berries Birds Kami Mushrooms Tales of the Arc
Islands	Named islands Waiko Whale's Maw Aminishi Tuai Leit The Islands That Once Were Turtles Goshima Cyclosis Uncharted Isles Milky Bay The Goon Docks Christmas The Island Which May or May Not Have Monkeys on It Springbreak Cannonball Run Eisetes Cretor The Hamlet Quis-land Agar Atoll Anniversary island
The Crew	Quartermaster Gully  Bosun Higgs  Navigator Jemi  Lookout Ekahi  Flippers McGraw Steven
Items	Currencies  Chimes  Taijitu Resources  Driftwood  Bamboo  Golden bamboo  Shell chippings  Shiny shell chippings  Sea salt  Alaea sea salt  Raw tarpon (Burnt)  Raw seerfish (Burnt)  Raw sillago (Burnt)  Raw wobbegong (Burnt)  Positive energy  Negative energy  Ancestral energy  Wushanko fishing bait  Raw pekin  Raw undead pekin  Egg  Pickled egg  Sea shell Processed goods  Cooked pekin (Burnt)  Cooked undead pekin (Cremated)  Bundle of bamboo  Tortle shell bowl  Shiny tortle shell bowl  Fish oil  Wobbegong oil  Arc gumbo (Uncooked • Burnt)  Shark soup (Uncooked • Burnt) Other  The Arc: A Tourist's Guide (removed)  Arc Journal  Contract  Contract contact  Tortle trap  Seiryu's fang  Seiryu's claw  Mizuyari (Augmented)  Crystal tool siphon  Ports resource crate Rewards  Spirit dragon  Idol crabletine  Gu ronin armour  Seasinger acolyte armour  Death Lotus rogue armour  Farming XP lamp (Ani)  Thalassia's Revenge  Rage of Hyu-Ji  Winds of Waiko Hunter's outfit High Armour of Hanto Orokami masks Ancestral Conversion Ancestral Divination I Ancestral Divination II Salty the Voyager
Other	Moai (race)